Best 5 Free YouTube Downloader Software for Windows

Youtube is the most popular website serving videos online, so much so that it generates about 4 Billion views per day. While its pretty convenient to watch videos online, there are few videos which we like to watch repeatedly; Some people face the problem of slow internet speed, causing issues with buffering. In such cases, downloading the videos is the best alternative.

While there have been many softwares around, some no longer work or some aren’t user friendly. So finding the right Windows app for downloading the YouTube video is quite challenging.

We hunted down five best of free youtube downloader software which don’t just work brilliantly but are easy to use as well.

YouTube Downloader

Award winning, simple and feature rich, this application is quite old by now but still manages to make it to our list effortlessly.

Notable features include:

• Automatic URL capture
• Inbuilt Video Converter for converting the downloaded videos to various popular formats.
• Clean Interface and Lightweight

Imtoo Download YouTube Video

In short : A step above YouTube Downloader without being too clumsy. The app’s name makes me sad about Imtoo’s creativity though. The app interface is extremely user friendly. A negative aspect is the download speeds seemed to be slightly slower than the rest of the apps tested. Also note that you can not download HD Videos with the free version.

Key features include:

• Inbuilt browser
• Simultaneous Download of Videos
• Intuitive User Interface

A lack of converter is a glaring omission but considering the minimal  features and the functionality of the app, it is worthy of a mention.

Miro

This is my favorite. This app is actually a complete media center which can very well download YouTube videos with minimal fuss. But that’s not it, this open source app, can let you download not only from YouTube but also from PBS, Hulu and many more sources. Perhaps this is the only app in the list which can play the YouTube video you just downloaded in a nice Media Center styled interface

• A full fledged media center
• Supports large number of sources apart from YouTube
• Very good support for Podcasts
• Inbuilt Converter which supports many formats
• Acts as a Torrent Client as well

The number of features flaunted by this app is well beyond the scope of a single article. The real beauty of this godsend app is in its completely open source nature, which means no more annoying ads or nagware while you are enjoying your favorite video.

VDownloader

Coming back to the normal downloaders, VDownloader is one of the best available free Video downloader supporting almost all major content providers unlike many video downloaders. VDownloader is very fast and features inbuilt browser as well. The interface is slightly clumsy though. One really cool feature that I found was the ability to search videos and download them in one click as evident in the screenshot below.

Key Features:

• Very fast download speeds
• Ability to search and download videos in one click
• Supports basic format conversion to AVI,VCD,DVD and 3GP
• Inbuilt browser for video downloading
• Multiple YouTube Download support

Overall if you are looking for something more than YouTube Downloader which provides multiple download support and fast transfer rates, VDownloader is a great choice.

Tube Master++

This app is a class of its own, despite the gaudy interface. While others require you to at least launch them and start downloading, TubeMaster++ directly captures the video playing in your browser without you hitting a button. You can rename the files conveniently while you download them, a feature missing in most applications. It also supports various format conversions.

Key Features:

• Direct Capturing from browsers, no user action required
• On the fly conversion to popular Video formats
• Inbuilt Video and Audio Search
• Supports multiple URLs and renaming while downloading
• Lightweight, completely free and open source

TubeMaster++ is a really good video downloader void of any sort of adware and the video capturing works brilliantly with minimum user intervention.

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